'''Elda''' was a [[Quenya]] adjective meaning "of the stars"<ref>{{HM|WJ}}, p. 362</ref> which came to mean the noun '''Eldo''', "one of the people of the Stars", later merged and became ''Elda'' (pl. ''[[Eldar]]'', p.pl ''Eldali''.<ref>{{VT|49a}}, p. 8</ref>)